US to donate 16m doses of pediatric vaccines to Pakistan

WASHINGTON:  The United States (US) has announced that it will donate at least 16 million pediatric vaccines against COVID-19 to Pakistan. 

The officials announced the State Department during a Health Dialogue between US and Pakistan in Washington. 

The vaccines will be offered with the help of COVAX. Also, in line with the promise of global vaccine equity, USAID will pay for Pakistan's vaccine efforts, even though the country is in an unfortunate financial state.

The US has already sent 61.5 million adult COVID doses to Pakistan atop $4.6 million for four testing labs by the USAID.